Improvement in harrows



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0.1i. Machos BED'MINSTER, NEWJERSEY.

. Letters Patent No. 98,281, datedr December 28,1869.

' doc- -11i/QII.'RO'VIIIVIIEINI' IN HARROWS.

' The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the seme.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I., G. R. MACY, of Bedminster,- in the county of Somerset, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harrows; and I do hereby'declare that the followingis a full, lclear, and exact'descriptioxi thereof, which will'l enable others skilled in lthe artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side yiew of myimproved harrow. Figure 2'is a? top" view of the salue. Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object, improvement in vthat class of haxrow's which is provided witlrtoothed cylinders; and 4 It consists in lthe construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described.

A and B represent the triangular parts of an ordinary barrow, which are hinged to` each other by an `iron rod as shown.

C are-cylinders, which may be made of wood oriron, and may be inade hollow or solid, as may be desired. '.lhe cylinders `C are provided with teeth projecting radially fi-om their outer suface.

'lhe journals ofthe cylin-ler C revolve in bearings D, attached to the frames A and B.

The bearings D may be made adjustable, sothat they may he raised or lowered to adjust the toothed cylinders G, as the operator may desire.

By this construct-ion, as the haiTow is drawn forv ward, the teeth of thefront parteci' the barrow' will break up and tear asunder the larger clods and pieces of f I claiipas new, and desire to secure by Letters The improved harrow, composed of the parts A and B of the form shown, hinged together and provided with teethin frontaud rear of the toothed cylinders C G, which are in aligninentfwheu the hai-row is open, all constructed and operating as shown and described for thepnrpose specified.

' C. R. MACY.

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J QHN SeSKILLMAN, W. W. BLAUVELT. 

